Now there's a twist to the story. The cover art has been replaced by a new version sans "The Scream" (above), which possibly indicates that Autre Ne Veut ran into some kind of copyright conflict. You could definitely spin that in a way that adds to the symbolism, if you tried hard enough.

The official word from the label, Daniel Lopatin and Joel Ford's Software, is: "The painting was stolen." That's it. No other explanation.

Anxiety is out on February 12. Watch the video for the first single, "Counting":